In a surprising turn of events, Kanye West is using his Twitter, home of comments like “You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy” and “I no longer have a manager. I can’t be managed,” to actually squash bubbling controversy. West sent out a series of tweets on Wednesday apologizing to Drake.

The conflict between West and Drake goes back to earlier this summer, when West produced an album for Pusha-T, who publicly took shots at the Canadian rapper, including a mention of a previously unknown son whom Drake later acknowledged for the first time. According to lore, Drake assumed that West had provided Pusha with the information. West also apologized for planning to drop four albums throughout June, the same month Drake was set to release his album Scorpion.

This brings us to last week, when rumors of an alleged affair between Drake and West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, began cropping up, claims Kardashian strongly denied but Drake had no comment on.

Now, in an unusual move, West is speaking out about all of the controversy by apologizing for it. He started by tweeting an Instagram photo of one of Drake’s recent shows, writing, “Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew. I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online. I understand where the confusion started.”

He continued by going back to the beginning of the summer, and the overlapping release dates. “Let me start by apologizing for stepping on your release date in the first place . . . We were building a bond and working on music together including squashing the issues with [Kid] Cudi at our office,” he continued. “When I put the dates up I was a bit ramped up doing 25 tweets a day TMZ happened shortly after . . . I have to hop on the plane now . . . will type more when I land.”

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He went on: “since we were building as friends and brothers I should have spoken to Pusha about the Quentin Miller bar. There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you. I never listened to either diss track that followed but I did hear quotes from both songs after they were released. I understand Pusha’s issues as a man if someone mentions your fiancé men go mask off. I’ve done the same myself at times. I love you and I love Pusha and we all have an admiration for each other’s craft.”

He then promised to see Drake’s show “within the next seven days to give love and be inspired by the art you have created,” saying, “This is all Jedi level.” Perhaps West has been going on a Star Wars bender, but, whatever the situation, it appears to be working for him.

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